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Confirmed Alpha Centaury B has a planet, announced Oct 16th(youtube.com)
2 points by iwwr 14y ago|0 comments
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by iwwr 14y ago
Still primitive compared to this http://www.falstad.com/circuit/
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SpaceX ISS Dragon resupply mission is today(new.livestream.com)
89 points by iwwr 14y ago|32 comments
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by iwwr 14y ago
You can make bitcoin a legitimate payment mechanism. Despite the advertised anonymity it's fairly easy to track down a particular identity from the web of transactions. If people moved on mass into bitcoin it would make their financial hist
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by iwwr 14y ago
Nearly the same number as the java webapp platforms out there.
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by iwwr 14y ago
We are talking about Oracle here, so chances are it's going to cost the same or more than the traditional on-site db server and admins.
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by iwwr 14y ago
It's energy inefficient, but you're thinking in terms of energy scarcity we have today. What if we had 10x more electric energy capacity (most likely due to nuclear resurgence)?
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by iwwr 14y ago
The one problem will be that once you're established in the clouds, access to resources down below will still be difficult. You'd be living in a desert. Whereas if you're set up on Mars, all its surface resources become available.
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by iwwr 14y ago
The water, while scarce as part of the whole atmosphere, is concentrated within the sulphuric acid clouds (25% by volume). So if you can float a balloon with a pump at that altitude, you should be able to get water fast enough. Human or rob
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by iwwr 14y ago
What about the economic feedback effects? By a deliberate policy of expensive energy, along with massive subsidies to unsustainable industries (see: biofuels, windmills) there is a net creation of poverty. If we look at the consequences of
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The UK Legalizes Eugenics (three parent in-vitro fertilization)(iol.co.za)
1 points by iwwr 14y ago|1 comments
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by iwwr 14y ago
Not to mention their government is eager to sever links to the wider internet and create a tightly controlled national network.
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by iwwr 14y ago
Lots of things have never been done before. This appears to be a case where it's used as an excuse not to do it.
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by iwwr 14y ago
Usually when these things are investigated it turns out the targeted company had obvious security vulnerabilities and were too obtuse to correct them. Consider a bank keeping their cash in an open box in the middle of the street. It's wrong
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by iwwr 14y ago
Webapp idea: cross-reference an iTunes library with mp3s available via torrent (or ed2k/kad) of similar quality.
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by iwwr 14y ago
http://astroprofspage.com/archives/162 tl;dr the flag had embedded wires to keep it unfurled, also the pole was flexible and springy, it kept wobbling after it was planted in the ground
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by iwwr 14y ago
Not just driver error, but it reduces the need for everyone to own a car. Self-driving cars can move themselves to where they're needed, rather than sit in a garage waiting for their owners to use them.
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by iwwr 14y ago
In the grand scheme of things, these are tiny expenditures ($82 mil). Consider also that India is a federal state, with significant power awarded to local states infrastructure-wise. Some places are nearly westernized, others still very muc
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by iwwr 14y ago
Nevertheless, he is worth defending. There's more at stake than just the man. The things they do to Dotcom are indicative of the current involvement of US politics with the IP lobby. This relationship is having repercussions all over the wo
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by iwwr 14y ago
You need access to the big Deep-Space Network of radio dishes.
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Alex Day Sells Half A Million Songs By Breaking All The 'Rules'(techdirt.com)
1 points by iwwr 14y ago|0 comments
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by iwwr 14y ago
What about the app automagically saving the linked content in a cache and if the link ever goes dead, or content vanishes, to present the cached version to users?
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by iwwr 14y ago
Apparently, if an identical radio-Earth existed somewhere, current SETI hardware could detect it at about 1000 ly distance. Within 1K ly there are a few million stars, and an exhaustive search of that space could be done in a decade or two
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by iwwr 14y ago
The date we remember ought to be December 14, the last day people walked on the Moon (and possibly last in the far future too).
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by iwwr 14y ago
And yet, nobody complains when cars come bundled with tires and steering wheels.
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by iwwr 14y ago
If there is anything left of democracy, politicians would do well to cater for their growing new tech constituency. However, outrage comes in a limited supply and the lobbyists have endless resilience. I can't see a scenario where the tech
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by iwwr 14y ago
The problem appears to be: "The ruling party has been the worst manager of the demand-supply of food grains." the very idea that a political entity can 'manage' supply and demand.
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by iwwr 14y ago
Should say: "Pirate Bay founder fined for absence of evidence against 'continued involvement' in the site"
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by iwwr 14y ago
We are starting to see glimpses of the hidden costs of airport security. Consider just that by discouraging flight, more people end up dead on the (vastly more) insecure roads.
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by iwwr 14y ago
EFF's position is too moderate. 5 year monopoly on software ideas? If not even the EFF is willing to take an unequivocal stance against software patents, the trolls and the system will keep their legitimacy. We should not be afraid to take

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